Legal and other services for adopting couples.

Rhode Island Adoptions

Greenwood & Fink (G & F) is a law firm with a significant adoption practice. We work with both heterosexual and same-sex adopting couples. Families may be having their own birth child with the assistance of a known or unknown sperm donor, contracting with a surrogate and/or egg donor or undergoing a second parent or stepparent adoption.

Families who adopt in Rhode Island receive a decree from the Rhode Island Family Court listing both partners as parents. For same sex adopting couples who either give birth or whose surrogate gives birth in Rhode Island, the State of Rhode Island will issue a birth certificate that lists "parents" rather than "mother and father."

G & F will provide all the legal services necessary to complete your adoption. We work with sperm banks, fertilization specialists, biological parents and their attorneys to terminate any outstanding parental rights. We can prepare sperm or egg donor contracts and surrogacy agreements. Finally we will discuss larger family planning issues for same sex couples, such as parenting agreements and estate planning.

Please note that the RI Supreme Court licenses all lawyers in the general practice of law. The court does not license or certify any lawyer as an expert or specialist in any field of practice.